Arizona’s indicted fake electors aren’t scheduled to go to trial until January of 2026.

Now, it may be later, which raises the possibility that a trial may not ever take place, and the defendants will simply walk.

All because Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Bruce Cohen did the right thing and recused himself from the case.

Some months back, Judge Cohen was disgusted when Donald Trump posted online an ugly comment that suggested Vice President Kamala Harris had traded sexual favors to advance her career.

It isn’t the nastiest thing Trump has ever said about someone, but it got to Cohen, who wrote an email that went to other judges condemning the post and saying, “it is time for me to state my piece or be complicit in the depravity.”

Cohen later apologized to his associates,........

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